India's selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar says the paucity of hard and bouncy pitches is affecting the country's prospects.
The Hyderabadi batsman says he is full fit and was expecting a call-up to the ODI team for the tour of South Africa.
The former India skipper expressed shock overt Pakistan team coach's reported statement, suggesting that the ball-tampering law should be abolished.
Selection committee chairman Dilip Vengsarkar says it is physio John Gloster and trainer Gregory King's responsibility to find out the reasons for players breaking down on tour.
The meeting of the senior selection panel headed by Dilip Vengsarkar, to choose the Indian team for the first Test against South Africa, has been put off from March 9 to March 17, Cricket Board sources said on Thursday.
It is expected that Dinesh Karthik will open the innings along with Wasim Jaffer in the first Test.
Basking in the glory of becoming only the 12th Indian cricketer to play 100 Tests, Virat Kohli said he wants the "next generation" to take inspiration from the fact he could achieve the milestone despite playing in all three formats of the game in a gruelling international schedule.
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He is the first Indian player since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011 to lead the rankings and ends Steve Smith's 32-month spell at the top.
The BCCI selection committee will meet in Bangalore to select the Indian team for the Australian tour.
The BCCI's chairman of selectors is in a foul mood after being stopped from writing newspaper columns and issued a seven-point code of conduct for the selectors.
The chairman of selectors also feels that Pathan and Dhoni could lend balance to the middle-order during the World Cup.
He equalled Kapil Dev's record for most Test appearances by an Indian.
Former India captain and coach Ravi Shastri says senior players should be rested after six games on the trot to preserve them for another two years as Test players.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar insisted that selection to the Indian team was based on form and fitness.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a veiled threat, said underperforming players will be called back from South Africa, a view chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar does not share.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar says former captain Sourav Ganguly's inclusion should strengthen the team's batting.
He would leave on Thursday for Kolkata where Bengal will play their Ranji Trophy tie against Mumbai.
After meeting the BCCI chief, the selectors headed for Delhi where the Test team would be announced.
BCCI chief Sharad Pawar told the chairman of selectors to discuss with the coach, captain and players and communicate the nation's sentiments following the Durban drubbing.
It is speculated that Sachin Tendulkar could be offered the high-pressure job.
Message board on the Indian team to South Africa.
The newly-appointed selection committee chairman said he will try and see that there is no zonal bias in team selection.
The list of 30 probables will be have to be pruned to 14, a month before the event's commencement on September 11.
Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar has asked struggling opening batsman Virender Sehwag to curb his attacking instincts and focus on consistency.
'I just offered her a rose. She said thank you. And I took a photograph with her.'
A series of howlers by umpires in the ongoing India-Australia cricket Test series Down Under has convinced former captain Dilip Vengsarkar to come out in support of the Decision Review System (DRS), a technology whose use has been consistently opposed by BCCI.
Former Test cricketer Eknath Solkar died in Mumbai on Sunday of cardiac failure. He was 58.
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar heaps praise on young Mumbai batsman Sarfaraz Khan after his unbeaten triple hundred in the drawn Ranji Trophy game against Uttar Pradesh.
"Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh are not 100 per cent fit, so we have kept a backup for them in the next two games," chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar informed in Mumbai on Monday.
The 15-member India squad was announced today for the remaining two ODIs vs West Indies.
The former India skipper among six past and present cricketers who will examine the present system of selection of national and state teams.
Chairman of selectors Dilip Vengsarkar said the decision to appoint Sachin Tendulkar as vice-captain was because of the need to have an experienced man to fall back on in the absence of captain Rahul Dravid.
National selection committee chairman said the players doing well in domestic cricket will be considered for selection to the Indian team.
National selection committee chairman said the players doing well in domestic cricket will be considered for selection to the Indian team.
